They say things come to you in the shower. That doesn’t usually happen with me. More often, during the act of climbing into bed. Then I have to get up and write the idea down, for experience has taught me if I don’t write it down, no matter how Earth-shattering the thought, it will be gone...
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AMC. American Motors Corporation. Does anybody remember that one? They actually made some pretty cool cars. The Javelin and AMX come to mind. Forward thinking for the time, the AMX was a two-seat sports car with a 401 C.I.D. engine. Fast, good-handling. It actually competed well with GTOs, Camaros, Mustangs...
We forget things. We forget because we are people, and people are lemmings. For a moment, recall the basis for my analysis – the myth of the lemming. Lemmings DO NOT rush into the sea and commit mass suicide. Lemmings can, however, be frightened, especially by those who seek to benefit from their...
In 1940 the Wehrmacht was the most successful army on Earth. Nazi Germany's insane leadership had hijacked their nation's professional military and sent them on a rampage across Europe. Prior to their failed invasion of Britain, which rested on the backs of the Luftwaffe, they had tasted only...
Why is it that I keep hearing the U.S. has the strongest economy in the world, but that it needs shoring up? Seems like cognitive dissonance.
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 There are two ways in which to better your lot in life. One is to build yourself up. The other is to bring others down. We have all experienced people that have chosen one approach or the other. We all know someone who is always blaming someone else...
Does a bad apple spoil the whole bunch? Unless the adult influences in my childhood misled me then the answer is no. Somehow, this came to me as my free-market, anti-regulatory brain tried to cope with the harsh reality that something has gone terribly wrong with all that I believed to be true about...
http://freemmm.blogspot.com/2008/10/hey-world-government-leaders-here-is.html
The timing is odd. John McCain has suspended his campaign indefinitely to hammer (and sickle) out the current "economic crisis." Though I believe McCain should suspend his campaign definitely, a-la Mitt Romney, I offer little other disagreement about this "political move"—a...
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